Nursing Home COVID-19 Infections Quadruple In States Where Pandemic Surges: AP
COVID-19 cases are quadrupling at nursing homes in states hardest hit by the ongoing pandemic.…
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COVID-19 cases are quadrupling at nursing homes in states hardest hit by the ongoing pandemic.…
New regulations in Massachusetts seek to combat the spread of COVID-19 through the state’s nursing home facilities, putting in place new staffing, infection control and flu vaccine requirements.…
A CDC study finds that the better the rating a nursing home received from federal regulators, the better it was able to prevent a COVID-19 outbreak.…
A new report finds that more than 60 Maryland nursing homes have failed to take proper infection control measures to protect residents from COVID-19 infections, often resulting in heavy fines.…
A new report finds that adequate nursing home staffing levels may be one of the more effective deterrents to preventing COVID-19 outbreaks at long-term care facilities.…
A nursing home wrongful death lawsuit has been filed by the family of a man who died of COVID-19 in a facility they say should have been better prepared for the pandemic.…
A report by the New York health officials claims COVID-19 outbreaks in nursing homes there were caused by infected staff and not policies forcing facilities to take recovered coronavirus patients.…
A Maryland nursing home linked to the state’s first coronavirus outbreak was fined $70,000 failed to properly isolate COVID-19 residents.…
A lawsuit filed against a Florida assisted living facility indicates it gave an elderly resident multiple doses of the antipsychotic Invega, despite express warnings not to give the drug to dementia patients, resulting in numerous falls, injury and permanent loss of mobility.…
A federal report warns that 40% of all U.S. nursing homes routinely failed to meet certain infection control requirements, which may have contributed to the spread of COVID-19.…